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<br />24. <br /> <br />1 return for each dollar invested by the people who actually <br /> <br />2 invest in the projecti-------- <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />A Yes, sir. Yes, sir. <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Q Now, you say that's a conservative estimate for <br /> <br />5 this area. What are some comparison estimates for some. <br /> <br />6 other areas where the return is greater, if there is such <br /> <br />7 a thing? <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />A Well, some areas, for example, in the hail suppressio <br /> <br />9 area, we worked in Canada for eight years, we feel there <br /> <br />10 that the benefit to cost is greater than fifty toone, <br /> <br />11 and that, too, is very conservative. <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />Q Mr. Stone, do you have an opinion with reasonable <br /> <br />13 scientific certainty as to whether or not this project <br /> <br />14 is reasonably expected to benefit the people in this area? <br /> <br />15 And I realize that's very closely related to the last questio , <br /> <br />16 but I suppose you might relate this last question to the <br /> <br />17 overall benefit to the people in the area apart from the <br /> <br />18 economic benefit which might result to the Grand Mesa <br /> <br />19 Water Users Association. <br /> <br />20 A Well, just to extend what I had already said, I <br /> <br />21 think very definitely that if the economy of the area is <br /> <br />22 benefited, it will the~ directly or indirectly, the people <br /> <br />23 of the area will be benefited. <br /> <br />24 Now, you may have some people that, for example, <br /> <br />25 they are running a resort where they might have the idea that <br /> <br />SUZANNE M. CLAAR <br /> <br />....l:'!::ITlt=n::'n C:Io-lr1>:lTl-IlI.loJn ~FPn~TF"!::I <br />